Heel-finishing machine.



No. 824,931. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. J. B. JACKSON, HEEL FINISHINGMACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZG, 1905.

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No. 824,931. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. J. E. JACKSON.

HEEL FINISHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 'MAY26, 1905.

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I I WJ 45m mm, W F v i mm JAMES E. JACKSON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO UNITED- XPEDITE FINISHING COMPANY, OF BERlVICK,

TION OF MAINE.

MAINE, A CORPORA- HEEL FlNlSHlNG MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed May 26, 1905. Serial No. 262,441;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. J AGKSON, of Lynn, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heel-Finishing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to machines for producing a smooth polishedsurface onleather articles, such as boot and shoe heels, by theemployment of wax and suitable frictional rubbing pressure, the waxbeing softened by heat when applied.

The invention has for its chief object to provide improved means forfrictionallyheating and distributing finishing or burnishin wax withoutthe employment of a burner and for applying the wax to a heel.

The invention also has forits object to provide a heel-finishing machinehaving various improvements looking to the effectiveness and convenienceof its operation.

The invention consists in the improvements, which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of aheel-finishing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents an endelevation of the same looking toward the left-hand end, as viewed inFig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4represents a perspective view of the frictional wax heating anddistributing member. Fig. 5 represents a sec.- tion on line 5 5 of Fig.4.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the supporting-frame of the machine, saidframe having bearings 13 13, in which is journaled a shaft 14,supporting the various rotary members, hereinafter described, forfinishing a heel. The shaft is also provided with fast and loose pulleysor other means for applying power to the shaft and for stopping itsrotation.

15 represents a roll affixed to the shaft 14, the said roll beingpreferably composed of a rigid central portion 1 and a yieldingperipheral portion 2, of felt or other suitable yielding material. a

17' represents an endless Wax carrier, which is preferably composed oftextile fabric,

the best material known to me being stout webbing, this materialpresenting numerous pockets in its surface adapted to engage and carrywax and being adapted by its softness and lack of abrasiveness to imparta polish to a smooth surface by aid of the wax. This carrier ispreferably made in the form of a belt, which is of suitable length torun upon the roll 15 and upon an idle roll or pulley 18, mounted on ashaft 19, which is located behind and is parallel with the shaft 14.When the machine is in operation, the operator applies ordinaryburnishing-wax to the carrier 17, preferably at a point below the roll15, the latter rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig.2. The rotation of the roll causes the carrier 17 to carry the waxaround to the upper and front portions of the roll 15. The heel to beacted on is applied to that portion of the carrier 17 which is supportedby the front portion of the roll 15namely, the portion at the right, asshown in Fig. 2.

20 represents a frictional wax heating and distributing shoe, which isin rubbing contact with the wax-carrier and is located above the roll 15as shown in Fig. 2, said shoe being preferably composed of a metal back3 and metals ears 4 4, formed thereon, a yielding cushion 5, of materialsuch as felt, and a frictional face 6, preferably of sole-leather, theflesh side of which is cemented to the cushion 5, while the grain sidebears on the wax-carrier. The function of the'shoe 20 is to frictionallyheat the wax applied to the carrier 17 and spread and distribute thewax, thus causing the application of a uniform film or coatin of wax tothe heel. The shoe 20 is supported by a holder 21, adjustably mounted,as hereinafter described, on theframe of the machine, the said shoehaving a shank 22 provided with anear at its outer end, which Means areThe face 6 ofthe sh'c'e 20 is shaped to conform closely to thetransverse contour of the wax-carrier 17, said contour being refer-ablycurved, as shown in Fig. 1 The s oe,'there fore, heats the wax uniformlyacross the car- I moved from the cushion 5 When worn and an rier 17 andreduces it to a uniform film or coating, a portion of which is pressedinto the interstices of the fabric of the carrier 17. The result is theapplication of a uniform film or coating of heated wax to theheelpresented to the portion of the carrier 17 that is supported by theroll 15,,the Wax being heated wholly by friction and without the use ofgas-burners.

The idle pulley 18 on which 11$ carrier 17 runs, is aflixed to a shaftw,which is jour naled in a bearing formed in a movable support 26, whichhasa dovetailed base 27 fitted to slide between guides 28 on an arm 29,en gaged with the supporting-frame and pro jecting rearwardly therefrom.The support 26 is therefore adjustable toward and from theoperating-shaft 14 to rovide for the regulation of the tension of t ebelt-shaped carrier 17. The support 26 may be secured at any position towhich it may be adjusted by means of an adjusting-screw 30, engaged withthe support 26 and with an car 31 on the arm 29.

The arm 29,'supporting the su port 26, is preferably adjustably securedto the frame of the machine by means of a horizontal trunnion 32, Fig.3, adapted to turn in a horizontal socket 33 in the supporting-frame. Aclamping or looking screw 34, engaged With the trunnion 32 and bearingon a shoulder formed in the socket 33, cooperates with a flang orshoulder 35 on the arm 29 in clamping the arm to the supporting-frame inany position to'which it may be adjusted by the turning of the trunnion32 in its socket. The object of this adjustment is to secure thepalallelism of the shaft 19 with the shaf 1 and thus prevent liabilityof the untrue running of'the carrier 17.

The shoe-holder 21 is preferably affixed to the bracket 26 and supportedthereby, as shown in Fig. 2.

The shaft 14 is here shown as provided with additional heel-finishingappliances comprising a roll 37 which is preferably coated with felt, abrush 38, and a beadingewheel 39. After the heel has been subjected tothe Waxcarrier 17 it is subjected successively to the action of the roll37, brush 38, and wheel 39, or this order may be changed ascircumstances may require.

The bearings 13 of the shaft 14 are supported by arms 40, which projectforward from the supporting-frame 12, so that the shaft overhangs aspace belowit. The arms 40 are provided at their inner ends withvertical studs or trunnions 41, which are adapted to turn horizontallyin sockets 42 in the supporting-frame and are secured to said socketsbysetesclews 43. This construction permits a swinging adjustment of thebearings 13, or either of them, to secure their perfect alinement. i I

The acting face 6 of the shoe may be reother face substituted for it. Asalready stated, the face 6 may besecured to the cushion by glueoreement. If desired, the-face 6 may be additionally secured by meanssuch as wooden shoe-pegs 8, driven through the f face into the cushion;5. I claim 1. A heel-finishing endless carrier of textile fabric adaptedto enmachine comprising an gage and carry wax, means for supporting andmoving said carrier, and means in frictional non rota'ting engagementwith said carr er, for heating and 2. A heel-finishing machinecomprising an endless carrier of textile fabric adapted to engage andcarry wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, and a wax anddistributing shoe in non-rotating frictional wax-heating engagement withsaid carrier, and inde endent of the wax-supply.

3. A heel- 's g machine comprising an endless carrier of textile fabricadapted toengage and carry wax, means for supporting and moving saidcarrier, and a non-rotating istributing the wax.

eating wax heating and distributing shoe in frictional wax-heating enagement with-sa d carrier, said shoe being incited in movement to adirection toward and from the carrier.

4. A. heel-finishing machine comprising plurality of supporting-rolls,one of which is provided with a yieldable surface, and a waxcarrier ofwax-engaging textile fabric, formed as a belt movable upon the rolls.

5. A heel-finishing machine comprising a plurality of supporting-rolls,a support for one of the rolls, movable toward and from the companionroll and in a lateral dir a wax-carrier formed as a belt movabl 1 n therolls, and a shoe mounted upon'ithe can crating with the movable supportand 006 belt.

T l O 6. A heel-finishing Inaidhine ;(ibnipzising a plurality ofsupportingrolls, a'\\m=-;; e; 1rri z formed as a wax-engaging belt moveI upon the rolls, and a non-rotary frictional ste cooperating with thebelt.

7. A heel-finishing machine comprising an endless carrier ada ted toreceive wax, means for supporting an moving said carrier, and a waxheating and distributing shoe in frictional contact with the carrier,said shoe having a' rigid back, and a cushioned frictional I face,

A heel-fini hing machine comprising an endless carrier adapted toreceive wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, and a waxeating and distributing shoein fric tional contact with the carrier,said shoe having a rigid back, a cushion sup polftedb y said adapteback, and a leather friction-face supported by said cushion.

9. A heel-finishing machine comprising an endless carrier adapted toreceive wax, means for supporting and moving said carrier, ashoesuJ)port adjacent to the carrier, a shoe to bear on the wax-carryingface of the carrier, said shoe having a shank pivoted to theshoe-support to permit pressure-var ing movements of the shoe, andadjustab e means for holding the shoe against the carner.

10. A heel-finishing machine com rising a supporting-frame, a shaftjournale therein and having a supporting-roll, a Wax-carrier formed as abelt engaging said roll, an idle pulley enga ing said belt, a supportfor said 1dle fpulley, aving a pivotal connection with the ame to permita swinging adjustment of the axis of the idle pulley, and means forseformed as a belt engaging said roll','an idle pulley enga ing saibelt, a bearing for the shaft of sai pulley, a support for said bearinghaving a pivotal connection with the supporting-frame, the bearinghaving a sliding connection with the sup ort, and means for securing thebearing an support in any positions to which they may be adjusted.

" In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature 'in presence oftwowitnesses.

JAMES E. JACKSON;

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER.

